gender reveal

noun

An event at which the sex of an expected baby is revealed to family and friends as being either male or female, often by means of a cake, balloons, etc., coloured blue for male or pink for female.

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noungender reveal (plural gender reveals)

plural gender reveals

  1. USattributiveoftenAn event at which the sex of an expected baby is revealed to family and friends as being either male or female, often by means of a cake, balloons, etc., coloured blue for male or pink for female.

    It was going to be a super-busy weekend at the palace—with the royal babies' official gender reveals today and the baby showers tomorrow.

    2019, Ann Omasta, The Royally Broke Billionaire

    Synonyms: sex reveal

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nounAn event at which the sex of an expected baby is revealed to family and friends as being either male or female, often by means of a cake, balloons, etc., coloured blue for male or pink for female.

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Chinese Mandarin 性別公開 /性别公开, 性別揭曉 /性别揭晓
  • 性別公開 /性别公开 (xìngbié gōngkāi)event at which the sex of an expected baby is revealed
  • 性別揭曉 /性别揭晓 (xìngbié jiēxiǎo)event at which the sex of an expected baby is revealed
French gender reveal
  • gender revealevent at which the sex of an expected baby is revealed
Portuguese chá de revelação, chá-revelação
  • chá de revelaçãoevent at which the sex of an expected baby is revealed
  • chá-revelaçãoevent at which the sex of an expected baby is revealed
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gender reveal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gender%20reveal

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“gender reveal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gender%20reveal. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gender reveal,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gender%20reveal.

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